Knapp zehn Jahre ist es her, dass das Wissenschaftsmagazin Science die Optogenetik als „Durchbruch des Jahrzehnts“ bezeichnet hat. Die Technik ermöglicht es, vereinfacht gesagt, die elektrische Aktivität von Zellen mit Lichtpulsen zu steuern. Mit ihrer Hilfe können Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler beispielsweise neue Einblicke in die Funktionsweise von Nervenzellen gewinnen und damit neurologische und psychiatrische Krankheiten, wie etwa Depression und Schizophrenie, besser verstehen.
Etabliertes Verfahren an tierischen Zellen

A Series of Conversations with Designers, Curators, and Program Makers.

Integrantes y equipos profesionales de las Comisiones Locales de Autoevaluación Institucional de todas las Unidades Académicas de la Universidad se reunieron con la Comisión Superior y personal de las vicerrectorías en la cuarta jornada interna de Autoevaluación Institucional. La instancia permitió presentar un diagnóstico de lo avanzado durante el año pasado y plantear las metas a futuro de este proceso.¿Cómo la autoevaluación institucional podría facilitar el desarrollo de estrategias y la obtención de avances en las unidades académicas?

Unhealthy access: People lacking Internet access in the U.S., including some racial minorities, may be missing out on COVID-19 vaccines, The Conversation suggests. Signing up for the vaccine in the U.S. has largely happened online, meaning fewer seniors from underserved minority communities have been able to make appointments.

In recent years, customer acquisition has become the biggest challenge to German startups. Covid-19 turned out to be an accelerator for the recent developments. This article discusses a podcast that has recently been started. During the podcast episodes founders of startups talk about their marketing and sales strategies and report about how they overcame certain…

This report analyzes data protection and privacy laws in Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. Joey Shea, a researcher and analyst specialized in security and political repression, documents the deployment of COVID-19 contact tracing applications in these states. The report, which was supported through CYRILLA’s Applied Advocacy and[...]

Interested in real-world problem-solving, research with impact and networking opportunities? Join our Spring 2021 online research sprint open to Masters- and PhD-level students from all disciplines and geographies. Deadline To Apply: Tuesday, February 23 by 8:00am (EST/Boston time)/9pm (Hong Kong time) The Digital Asia Hub in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center and the Global Network of Internet & Society Centers and…

The post IViR/CIIR/CiTiP/CREATe/EUR consortium highlights the need for EU copyright data improvement appeared first on IVIR.

Hasta el próximo lunes 15 de febrero, a las 13:00 horas, estarán abiertas las postulaciones para quienes cumplan los requisitos en estas dos nuevas vías de admisión especial y queden en la lista de espera en sus carreras de preferencia. Este año, la Universidad de Chile ofrecerá -en total- 1.700 vacantes a través de distintos tipos de admisión especial.Catorce tipos de admisiones especiales y más de 1.700 vacantes son las que ofrece la Universidad de Chile para la generación mechona 2021.

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As Chair of the Internet Society Nominations Committee, I am pleased to announce the slates of candidates for the 2021 Board of Trustees elections. The candidates for each slate are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.

Chapters Election (one seat available)

• Leiska Evanson
• Luis Martinez
• Rao Naveed Bin Rais
• Muhammad Shabbir
• Niels ten Oever

Organization Members Election (two seats available)

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are a vital element of Internet infrastructure. They can be found at physical and neutral locations where different IP networks meet to exchange local traffic via a switch. Implementing an IXP within a country helps bring faster, more affordable, and better performing Internet to people.

Séminaire Intelligence artificielle, art et créativité avec le collectif Obvious. Enregistrement vidéo disponible.
L’article 23.2.2021 Collectif Obvious est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

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Through a new program on Platform Futures, the Digital Asia Hub aims to convene a network of academics and experts studying multiple aspects of platforms, and to create a space for dialogue on opportunities, challenges, and governance best practices in the APAC context.

Am 12. April starten die Vorlesungen des Sommersemesters 2021. Wer an diesem Tag an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg ein Studium aufnehmen will, dem stehen viele zulassungsfreie Studiengänge offen: Chemie, Informatik und Mathematik, Anglistik, Germanistik und Romanistik, Geographie und Geschichte sind darunter sowie Jura und Lehramtsstudiengänge.

The Open Knowledge Foundation is happy to announce the list of organisations from all over the world who have been awarded mini-grants to help them celebrate Open Data Day on Saturday 6th March 2021.

Les nuits de la justice est une série de conférences organisées par le Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP) et le cégep du Vieux Montréal. 

Il s’agit, au travers de ces rencontres, de favoriser l’interaction entre les chercheurs du CRDP, les professeurs du cégep et les étudiant-e-s des deux institutions. 

Misión instalará instrumentos geofísicos en cuatro bases chilenas para monitorear el importante incremento de la actividad sísmica en la zona. Científicos de la Universidad de Chile buscan entender la secuencia de más de 30 mil temblores ocurridos en el Estrecho de Bransfield desde fines de agosto del 2020 y su eventual relación con el terremoto magnitud 7.1 del fin de semana pasado, el mayor evento registrado en la Antártica en los últimos 70 años.